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SUSE: 2022:1560-1 Critical: Libwmf Memory Allocation Issue

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Calendar Grey May 6, 2022
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A new security patch for libwmf addresses significant vulnerabilities and enhances overall performance on SUSE Linux Enterprise systems.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available

Summary

This update for libwmf fixes the following issues: libwmf was updated to 0.2.12: * upstream changed to fork from Fedora: https://github.com/caolanm/libwmf * merged all the pending fixes * merge in fixes for libgd CVE-2019-6978 (bsc#1123522) * fixed memory allocation failure (CVE-2016-9011) * Fixes for %_libexecdir changing to /usr/libexec (bsc#1174075) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP5-2022-1560=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2022-1560=1 Package List:

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References

#1006739 #1123522 #1174075

Cross- CVE-2016-9011 CVE-2019-6978

CVSS scores:

CVE-2016-9011 (NVD) : 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2019-6978 (NVD) : 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2019-6978 (SUSE): 4.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP5

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9011.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6978.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1006739

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1123522

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174075

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:1560-1
Rating: important

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